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(Application filed Jan. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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WVILLIAM D. OLNEY, OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,795, dated May 21, 1901.

Application filed January 2, 1901- Serial No. 41,871. (No model.)

1'0 aM whom i2? may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. OLNEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Siillwater, in the county of Washington and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Bed, of which the followingisafull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a bed which is preferably mounted on rollers, so that it may be readily moved from place to place, if desired, and which is of peculiar construction, enabling it to be used in connectiongvith a sort of cabinet, into engagement with which the bed may be moved and folded out of operative position. By this construction I derive all of the advantages which are incident to the so-called folding beds and at the same time I avoid the danger of accidental folding or collapse by arranging the parts so that when they are in use as a bed the bed is totally disconnected from any devices which are related to the folding thereof.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of the invention, showing the bed in the act of moving out of engagement with the cabinet. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the bed folded, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The bed proper has a suitable framing a, to the respective end portions of which are hinged legs I), carrying casters 5 and provided with hinged braces 19*, adapted to be releasably engaged with the side rails of the bedframe. When the braces b are adjusted as in Fig. 1, the legs I) are held rigidly on the bed, and when the braces are disposed as in Figs. 2 and 3 the legs are free to move on their hinges, so as to fold in the manner indicated. Fastened to the outer faces of the side rails of the bed are tracks 0, which comprise inclined portions 0, running downwardly and inwardly toward the center of the bed and terminating in shoulders 0 These tracks areadapted, respectively, to work with rollers or wheels (Z, which are mounted in a cabinet 6 of any suitable form. These rollers are arranged, respectively, adjacent to the inner side walls of the cabinet and opposite each other, the journals being mounted in the side walls of the cabinet and in braces (1', attached to the cabinet, as shown. The tracks a being at the outside of the frame will not interfere with the free movement of the legs I), as will be apparent upon an inspection of Fig. 2 of the drawings. This is also true of the rollers d and brackets d.

In using the invention it will be seen that the parts a, b, and 0 may be disengaged entirely from the cabinet and the bed used as such in any position desired. Such position maybe directly adjacent to the cabinet or at any point removed therefrom. When it is desired not to use the bed and to dispose of it for the purpose of economizing space or for other reasons, the bed may be moved with one end into the cabinet, causing the inclined portions 0 of the tracks, respectively, to engage the wheels (1. As the tracks run up on the wheels the adjacent end of the bed will be lifted, so as to raise the casters 1) from the ground, and finally the shoulders c engage the wheels cl and stop further movement of the tracks on the wheels. The parts will then be in the position indicated by full lines in Fig. 1, and the act of folding the bed may be completed by simply raising the outer end of the bed until the bed stands perpendicularly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, whereupon it is supported in this position by the engagement of the rails c on the wheels d. When it is desired to use the bed, the above operation is simply reversed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination with a cabinet provided with Wheels or rollers on its inner side walls, of a bed provided with tracks secured to its side rails, said tracks being inclined downwardly and inwardly and adapted to run on the wheels or rollers of the cabinet, each track terminating in a shoulder, with which shoulders the wheels or rollers of the cabinet are adapted to engage, as set forth.

2. The combination withacabinetprovided with wheels or rollers on its inner side walls, of a bed provided with inclined tracks scoured to its side rails and projecting down below the same, said tracks being adapted-to run on the wheels or rollers of the cabinet, and each terminating in a shoulder at its inner end, and with which shoulders the wheels or rollers of the cabinet are adapted to engage, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a cabinet provided with wheels or rollers on its inner side walls,

of a bed provided with feet, and having inclined tracks secured to its side rails and projecting down below the same, said tracks being adapted to run on the wheels or rollers of the cabinet and each terminating at its inner end in a concave shoulder, with which shoulders the wheels or rollers of the cabinet are adapted to engage after they have left the inclined portions, substantially as described.

4. Thecoinbination withacabinetprovided with rollers adjacent to its inner side walls, of a bed provided with inclined tracks having shoulders at one end, said tracks being secured to the outer faces of the side rails of the bed, legs hinged to the end portions of the bed, and braces having one end hinged to the legs and their other ends detach-ably connected with the inner faces of the side rails of the bed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM D. OLNEY.

Witnesses:

J. B. OWENS, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

